Laki Senanayake (1937-2021)
Laki is seated on a black, high-backed, padded executive swivel chair. He is bare-bodied, in a bright red sarong, dappled sunlight catching his white beard. On the table in front of him is a pair of binoculars, which he picks up frequently to look at the birds in the trees around the pond that he overlooks from a raised open-air platform. Esoteric avant garde music is playing from speakers hidden in the trees.
And everywhere you look, art. Mostly sculpture. A bronze wild boar at the water’s edge. An other-wordly ‘rain tree’ in the middle of the water. A horse on the other side of the pond. A golden sun high up in a tree. An owl looming from the roof. More animals appearing the longer you look. A leopard adorned with geometric shapes in gold and green. A rhinoceros perched on a rock. A tiger attacking a deer in the trees. A unicorn, a hornbill, an emu. The water monitor in the undergrowth turns out to be real. Laki is working on a sculpture right no
LOLC Group achieves first-ever historic profitability in Sri Lanka’s corporate sector, recording a stunning Rs. 57 Bn in PBT
May, 31, 2021
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Tokyo Tech encourages all its students to expand their horizons by studying abroad during their time at the Institute. In addition to providing students with a wide variety of options through its worldwide student exchange network, Tokyo Tech will implement the new quarter system from April 2016, making study abroad easier than before. Three of the Institute s students shared their experiences from around the world.
Crossing the threshold and discovering new ground
Ryo Matsui Biotechnology, bachelor s degree student
Studied at University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka from August 2015 to September 2015 for ten days
Program: Short Visit Program
First steps towards new challenges